The kanji 号: meaning, readings and stroke order

号

Meaning: number
On reading: ゴウ gou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 3 · grade 3
Old form: 號

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: số, số hiệu (hiệu)
Japanese: ばんごう。
Korean: 번호 (호)
Chinese: 号、编号

Readings, words and example sentences

ゴウ gou · on reading

番ばん号ごう
number
紙に電話番ばん号ごうを書きます。
I write a phone number on the paper.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.